Deriv 21-24 Flashcards
Having two or more possible meanings, not clear
Ambiguous
Simultaneous conflicting emotions towards a person or thing (love and hatred)
Ambivalence
The observation of prescribed customs or rules
Formality
The strength to bear misfortunes patiently
Fortitude
Principal, main, first in importance
Prime
Sluggish, gloomy
Saturnine
Of the third rank, order, formation
Tertiary
(Noun) a flag having three colors in large areas
(Adj) having three colors
Tricolor
Happy
Jovial
Changeable
Mercurial
A cage of building for housing birds
Aviary
The raising and care of birds
Aviculture
A release from obligation or legal requirement
Exemption
(Adj) advantageous, convenient, suited
Expedient
Of or involving money
Pecuniary
The foot or bottom support of a column, pillar, statue
Pedestal
(Noun) one who goes on foot
Pedestrian
Relating to worldly things as opposed to religious things
Secular
One who sells, seller
Vendor
A truce by mutual agreement
Armistice
Happening in the same period of time
Contemporaneous
Done or spoken without preparation
Extemporaneous
For the time being, temporarily
Pro tem
Say or do repeatedly
Reiterate
Return like for like; get even
Retaliate
Equal, equivalent
Tantamount
Limited by time; pertaining to worldly affairs
Temporal
To make worse or more serious
Aggravate
A prediction based on guesswork
Conjecture
Bodily, or the body
Corporeal
The material evidence of the fact that a crime has been committed
Corpus delicti
Seriousness, heaviness
Gravity
Unable to be overcome
Invincible
The path taken by a thrown or projected object
Trajectory
Food
Victuals
Full of life and animation
Vivacious
Able to use both hands with equal ease
Ambidextrous
